Anime Discussion Thread - Page 2123

Can anyone tell me WHY Mashima thought it was a good idea to bring Lysanna back from the dead? When they had her in Edolas, I thought "huh, maybe they are gonna focus on Lysanna and have some drama and shit with that", but nope, only like 1 scene and then shes irrelevant for the rest of the arc. Okay, then afterwards she gets brought back with everyone. Okay, maybe now they are gonna do something with bringing her back! We get a scene with Mira and Elfman getting sad, but thats it. Now shes just... There. They haven't done anything with her. What was the point of bringing her back from the dead? Seems like they did it just cuz. She hasn't brought anything to the story at all, and just existed as an extra fighter on Tenroujima.

Another "major" thing they did for little reason was the Time Skip. WHY? What was the fucking point in having a Time Skip, but then have the entire cast that matters not actually be affected by it? Those side characters who aged are just that, almost irrelevant side characters. The Time Skip doesn't seem like it has brought anything to the anime. It almost feels like they did a Time Skip just because One Piece and most other like-Shounens do it.

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Lisanna was only brought back bcos it's fairy tail and no one ever dies. I was pretty damn dissapointed too when the only thing she said to natsu was NAAATSUUUUUUUUUUU, not even in later episodes which is pretty weird considering their past. I guess the timeskip was just because they were kind of running out of ideas and the timeskip would be an easy way to introduce new guilds etc.

Yeah, if they are gonna bring back to life Natsu's first "love" interest, at least milk it for what its worth! Give an arc to fleshing out the relationship between Natsu, Lysanna, and her family. You would think this would have been a fairly big event, but no. The show has practically forgotten she was ever dead, or was closer-than normal with Natsu.

I don't think a Time Skip was necessary for introducing new Guilds and stuff. Doesn't the majority of Fairy Tail take place in one country, Fiore or whatever? Bring in new enemies/factions/guilds from outside the country. That could even give them an excuse for more Magic Council plot and stuff. Seems like Earthland or whatever is still largely unexplored by the Mangaka.

To be honest, I feel like the whole concept of guilds and magic is under explored. Maybe I'm too biased considering how disappointed I was at the end of the Tenroujima Arc, but I have that feeling that Fairy Tail is very much built about around a few good ideas that made good arcs but with no real plan on the long term. Many storylines are under explored (Cana and Gildarts, Lysanna Elfman and Mira, even Grey's story IMO is underexplored ...) and considering we're in a world of magic with all the possibilities it opens, I can only see that as being because the author didn't think of it enough.

It was a lazy way to reset and bring stronger characters in. And have the existing side characters that didnt get caught up in the even to get some cheap developement without having to show it. Also theres some characters will get introduced that might help you make a bit more sense of why having everyone age without aging them was useful.

Thats all really. Its always been pretty helter skelter with char developement again its just really lazy work. But I still read it. Dont watch the show though.

I was thinking the same things you were, bringing Lisanna back from the dead was the last thing I expected, but I still liked it very much (Im a huge NatsuXLisanna fan). As for her bringing in actual content, I dont think there was any room to do so, not in the moment at least (Edolas/Tenrou arc). She does bring lots of development to other characters like Elfman and Mirajane but not so much Natsu atm. I have faith that the author will do something good with her in the future. No way can they just keep using her for fanservice etc.

As for the time skip? I mean, what can you expect really. The anime is hitting such a high point with their latest arc, I just found it near impossible for the author to top it. So a time skip would just reset everything completely. Someone said before that it was a lazy way to reset the storyline, and I agree, but w/e.

The main thing that bugs me is the Wendy arc. I may be a little neurotic here, but remember that Speed guy? Grey discovered that his powers only slowed down his immediate surroundings. But when the boss dude (forgot his name) asked him to retrieve Jellal's tomb, he was all like "oh its gonna take me two hours, but ill do it" or some shit like that. Okay, so basically he was genuinely speedy just for that one request, but when fighting Grey, Grey reveals that he really isnt speedy but has the power to slow his surroundings. ok w/e lol. Finally got that off my chest.

Okay another thing with Gildarts. Was it intentional to hide him all along? Or did they really just introduce him last minute with the explanation that there are 10-year and 100-year S class jobs? I mean there was Cana with a dinking disorder, and it basically coincides well with the fact that she was waiting for Gildarts the entire time, or was it just a lucky coincidence that she was a drinking addict to add some variety to her character when arbitrary making members at the start of the anime?